These Crazy Kids

I just thought that I would post a picture of the kids outside - it is a not as cold winter day and they wanted to play school.  Funny - the girls are at school all day - then when they get home - Adelai wants to play school.  She sure does miss her sisters.

I love these kids.  They are such a blessing to me.  I love the way they make me laugh and bring so much joy to my life.  They are a gift from God. 

Jaime and I love this adventure of being parents and wouldn't trade it for anything in this life.  Lydia, Elyanna, Adelai and William - you all make us the happiest people in the world.  We love you.

Looking Back.

 I thought I would throw in some old posts I was working on and didn't get finished.  As you can see - Snow Day is about 1 year old - amazing to look back and see how much the kids have grown.  Posting is a great way to look back.

Snow Day

Jaime playing with the neighborhood kids.

In the midst of writing my other post - An Ordinary Day - this day came about.  A Snow Day!  I love the snow.  I love how it makes everything white and beautiful and so clean looking.  I don't like driving in it, but I love having an excuse to not go anywhere.  It has been fun having the girls home from school, but unfortunately more days of school will be added on at the end of the year.  Oh well.

Sunday we started our adventures in the snow.  We woke up to beautiful snow and went on our way to church.  After church we had planned to go to my nephews birthday party in Indianola, so we headed on our way.  We left Federal Way with a little bit of snow and went through Tacoma - no snow- Gig Harbor - a bit of snow - Port Orchard - no snow - Poulsbo - no snow and then turned on a major road to my Brother's and Parents house - so much snow!!!!   There was so much snow cars were not making it up the hill.  So we turned around - almost getting stuck.  We tried a different route, just to be stuck in traffic because someone had slid off the road because of the ice and snow.  The more we prayed and thought - the more we felt uncomfortable with going on - so we turned around and headed home.  My sweet family tried to think of different ways to get us to the party -but although it was so sad and disappointing we knew the right thing was to go home.  So we stopped at a wonderful donut shop in Poulsbo (Sluys Bakery - if you are ever there - get some donuts - they are amazing!!!) and then headed home.  We came home, made homemade Pizza, watched The Lion King and worked on our Peanuts puzzle.  It was a fun night! 

I am so thankful that the Lord speaks to us in His still small voice - most likely everything would have been ok, but you never know and we will never know - because we obeyed His voice we are safe!!!  Also, the amazing thing was the girls were disappointed but there was an amazing Peace in our car when we headed home and no complaining.  Elyanna even said to Jaime later, "I prayed that we wouldn't get stuck or in an accident."  God speaks to all of our hearts, no matter if we are young or old.

Little did I know when I first started writing this post that the snow day would turn into a snow week!  It was tons of fun, but we all got a little stir crazy.  Jaime had to take my van to work so we were stuck at home all day for a week.  We had fun though and it was great to have snow - even Baby Will got to see it.

Here are more pictures of the kids in the snow...

All that snow started to melt and then it froze - branches were breaking all around us but thankfully nothing came down on our house or any of our things.  God was truly watching out for us.  With branches going down everywhere we lost power, but only for a day.  We had fun playing games, shadow plays, finding our flashlights and playing hide and seek (otherwise known as "hide and glow seek") - eventually it got cold though - so when the power came back on in the early morning we were very happy.

 

The power was out and still wonderful daddy read the kids a story.

Pumpkin Patch

We were incredibly blessed this year and given a gift of going to Remlinger Farms in Carnation.  The kids had so much fun.   There was a petting zoo, rides, hay maze and hay jump, a train ride, pony rides, pumpkin patch and corn mazes.  We had an amzing time with Amazing People! 

Adelai got the Bulletin Insert in Sunday School Class and carried it around for weeks.  Her sisters have gone to a pumpkin patch but she hadn't yet - She was so thrilled that she got to go too.  It is so fun blessing your children.  I know this is what the Lord feels about us too.  He loves it when we are blessed and when we go around declaring how wonderful He is. 

This reminds me of a song by Phil Whikham - At Your Name

Lord of all the Earth
We shout Your Name, shout Your Name
Filling up the skies with endless praise, endless praise
Yahweh, Yahweh
We love to shout Your Name, oh Lord.

Adelai's first ride on a roller coaster.

 

Girls getting so big!

 

 

First time on a pony - for all the girls.

Baby Will hung out in the back pack most of the day.

Here I am - lost in the hay maze.

 

Thank you Lifepoint Church for blessing us.